AWS Certified Solutions Architect - AssociateThe AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam is intended for individuals with experience designing distributed applications and systems on the AWS platform. Exam concepts you should understand for this exam include:Designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWSLift and shift of an existing on-premises application to AWSIngress and egress of data to and from AWSSelecting the appropriate AWS service based on data, compute, database, or security requirementsIdentifying appropriate use of AWS architectural best practicesEstimating AWS costs and identifying cost control mechanismsCandidate OverviewEligible candidates for this exam have:One or more years of hands-on experience designing available, cost efficient, fault tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWSIn-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming languageAbility to identify and define requirements for an AWS-based applicationExperience with deploying hybrid systems with on-premises and AWS componentsCapability to provide best practices for building secure and reliable applications on the AWS platform